Hood once again has hit the nail firmly on the head in his daily column. See today’s Lottery Supporters Earn Only Ridicule for a reality check on the “Education Lottery”. By way of a follow up and reminder, here’s the ayes and nayes on the 2005 legisaltion that enacted the lottery:

House Vote 61 – 59:

Ayes:
Representative(s): Adams; Alexander; Allen, B.; Allen, L.; Allred; Bell; Black (SPEAKER); Bordsen; Carney; Church; Coates; Cole; Coleman; Crawford; Culpepper; Cunningham; Daughtridge; Dickson; Earle; England; Faison; Farmer-Butterfield; Fisher; Gibson; Glazier; Goforth; Goodwin; Grady; Hackney; Haire; Harrell; Hill; Holliman; Hunter; Jeffus; Jones; Jones, Ed; Justice; LaRoque; Lucas; McAllister; McLawhorn; Michaux; Owens; Parmon; Ross; Saunders; Sherrill; Stiller; Sutton; Tolson; Tucker;
Underhill; Wainwright; Warren; Wilkins; Williams; Womble; Wray; Wright; Yongue

Noes:
Representative(s): Almond; Barnhart; Blackwood; Blust; Brown; Brubaker; Capps; Clary;
Cleveland; Culp; Current; Daughtry; Dockham; Dollar; Eddins; Folwell; Frye; Gillespie; Gulley; Harrison; Hilton; Hollo; Holloway; Holmes; Howard; Insko; Johnson; Justus; Kiser; Langdon; Lewis; Luebke; Martin; McComas; McGee; McMahan; Miller; Moore; Morgan; Nye; Pate; Pierce; Preston; Rapp; Ray; Rayfield; Rhodes; Sauls; Setzer; Stam; Starnes;
Steen; Vinson; Walend; Walker; Weiss; West; Wiley; Wilson

Senate vote: 24 – 24 with Senate President (and current gubernatorial candidate) Bev Purdue breaking the tie:

Ayes:
Senator(s): Atwater; Basnight; Berger, D.; Boseman; Dalton; Dannelly; Dorsett; Garrou; Graham; Hagan; Holloman; Hoyle; Jenkins; Kerr; Lucas; Malone; Purcell; Rand; Shaw; Snow; Soles; Swindell; Thomas; Weinstein

Noes:
Senator(s): Albertson; Allran; Apodaca; Berger, P.; Bingham; Blake; Brock; Clodfelter; Cowell; East; Forrester; Goodall; Hartsell; Horton; Hunt; Jacumin; Kinnaird; Nesbitt; Pittenger; Presnell; Smith; Stevens; Tillman; Webster

Exc. Absence: Senator(s): Brown; Garwood

THE PRESIDENT (Bev Purdue, candidate for Governor) VOTES AYE